shongra

i also had my surgery in Sept. and i have lost exactly 30lbs. i'm glad to see ppl around the same number b/c i swear i was behind the 8 ball...i do feel pressure from my family who somehow think i'm supposed to be dropping 10lbs a day :thumbup:...geez...i didnt gain the weight overnight its still gonna take some time even with the band...i am gonna jumpstart a bit after the holidays and try the 5 day pouch test..

good job ladies...we are on our way now...as for the protein, i too have been having a problem gettin all the protein in but those isopure drinks have 40 grams and they are the best tasting i have come across..i can actually drink a whole one and i started making my jello with them too...i like the alpine punch the best..i mix the jello with 1 part hot water and use a cold isopure for the other part of "water"...i also started drinking the atkins milkshakes with 15g protein..a sista is not tryna lose the hair...lol oh yeah i take a liquid multivitamin everyday...centrum the tastse isnt as bad as i thought it would be..

i let a couple cheese curls melt in my mouth...it scared me so bad (altho i feel fine) that i'm gonna get back on it and not cheat..i just wanted to know others experinces b/c i know i couldnt be the only one with post op weak moments

if so, what did u eat? did u have complications later?

i started mine right as i was on my way to havin surgery..now thats just mean Mother Nature...it wasnt that heavy which is usual but it lasted longer than normal..more like 5-6 instead of 3-4 days..

i swear to goodness..my class had snacktime today and one lil girl pulled out a bag of cheetos..i had visions of knocking her off her chair and stealing her cheetos...:embaressed_smile:

i was banded on 9/8..not much pain after surgery..no shoulder pain, no throat pain (altho i could have sworn i felt them pull out my tube before i came out of anethesia...this stomach gurgling thing is a bit annoying tho...so far i have lost 5 lbs..

ok i just stepped on the scale...actually i did lose about 5 lbs so far and i have 5 days until my surgery date in the words of Tim Gunn to "make it work"

yeah i started but i'm hoping that the one week is good enough..ya know....i can see that i have lost a little tho (but i refuse to get on a scale until the day of surgery) but i guess i'm just petrified that i'll get there and he cant do it so then i've wasted time and money and my mom is coming and she's one of those high strung types..

i'm so nervous b/c Dr. Aceves wants me to do a 1 week pre-op (my surgery is 9/7) and i am petrified that i'll get all the way to Mexico (i'm from VA) and he's not gonna be able to do the surgery...

I'm getting banded in Mexico on 9/8 (woooohooo), apparently every insurance I've had did not cover weight loss surgery of any kind..so I'm gonna self pay..I'm in Hampton, Va

only my immediate family knows and i may tell one of my friends, she recently had a tummy tuck and gets it..everyone else will get the "i've just been working out and eating less" spiel which isnt exactly lying anyway..altho i am prepared for the day some nosy person catches me off guard and asks me if i had any weight loss surgery? my canned response will be "(smile)why do u ask? (confused look)" hehe

i looove Lhasa Apsos..one of my doggies is one (the other is a poodle) every time i tell ppl what she is they look at me like :confused2:

I am Shonda I am 32 (bday is 9/21) I live in Virginia I am working on my Master's I am married but separated (no kids) but i have two fluffy white doggies I am getting banded 9/8 I was always a cutie on duty but when i went to college, i steadily gained 10-15 lbs a year and now I have seemed to forgotten who the old Shonda was, but apparently she is buried under fat (hehe), right now I'm a 22/24 and i would looooove to get back to my goal weight of 140 which for me is a 8/10

i was reading another band blogger and she named hers Antonio BANDeras...lol..thats cute..